Pandemic Perak

Once inter-state travel was allowed, we made a trip to Teluk Intan on the weekend of All Soul's Day. KH hitched a ride but it was kind of a mistake because I miscalculated how many people could fit comfortably into my BIL's Serena. So it was kind of a squeeze for a couple of hours since my nephews are now the opposite of scrawny. Our routine is always to have breakfast at the food stalls at Lorong Maharani, and then hop over to the wet market for flowers. Sad that we couldn't find anyone selling Liew Kee CCF. This year, I had Little Monster recite the rosary at dad's grave. He nearly made it through the whole decade before he started to complain. Made a short stop at St. Anthony's Church too. The construction of the community center was finally completed. Before leaving Teluk Intan, we raided Sin Joo Heong for some heong peah and kaya puffs.  

Our next destination was Ipoh. Stopped by at Asow Eatery Station for lunch. The cafe is actually located beside a large plant nursery, so there's lots of greenery inside and outside. The menu is unlike your typical cafe as they seem to have a leaning towards lamb. Creamy lamb soup is one of their signature items, but I wasn't impressed. The lamb shank is a better bet. Portions are generous, but not exceptional in taste. 

Did more food hunting in town. BIL wanted to have his yutiao fix at Happy Ghost 2.0 but they were sold out. The heat had drove us to look for ice cream, but we ended up at Fujiwara Tofa Shop, an Initial D-inspired tofufa shop. If you are familiar with the manga, the shop is modeled after Takumi Fujiwara's dad's shop, and there's even a AE86 Sprinter Trueno parked out front. But if you're not a fan, then there's special about this place.

Left Ipoh after that, and after we arrived at Rawang, we were caught in a horrible traffic snarl. Made a detour to have dinner before resuming our journey. Randomly stopped for dinner at Kinnaree. Not recommended. 'Nuff said. Thankfully the traffic normalized after our meal, and that concluded our day trip to Perak!